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Big Plant Nursery Sales Advisors

Full-time

The Big Plant Nursery is an independent retail plant nursery set up by the award-winning Creative Landscape Company based in Twyford, Berkshire. Having become employee owned in the March of 2021, we are all on an exciting journey to realise the potential of an employee owned business. Why not join us and see what a difference being employee owned makes?

We specialise in specimens and mature plants and pride ourselves on our exceptional customer service and top-quality plants. We now have an opportunity for an experienced nursery sales advisor to join our team.

If you are passionate about plants and feel you have the relevant skills, we would love to hear from you. Retail experience would be an advantage, but not essential, ideal candidates would have good plant knowledge, experience caring for plants and exceptional customer service skills.

Benefits

  • Full time: 38-40 hours/week, to include some weekend work
  • Working hours: from 15 minutes before to 15 minutes after nursery opening hours.
  • Company pension scheme
  • Salary: £18,000-25,000 DOE
  • Opportunity to become part of an employee owned business and make a real difference to the company’s future.
  • Annual tax-free share of the company’s profit (terms apply)

Main duties would include, offering plant advice and assisting customers. EPOS experience helpful but full training will be provided. Plant husbandry, restocking and creating effective plant displays/merchandising. <FIND OUT MORE>

Weekends only (part-time)

Benefits

  • Full time: 38-40 hours/week, to include some weekend work
  • Working hours: from 15 minutes before to 15 minutes after nursery opening hours.
  • Company pension scheme
  • Salary: £18,000-25,000 DOE
  • Opportunity to become part of an employee owned business and make a real difference to the company’s future.
  • Annual tax-free share of the company’s profit (terms apply)

Main duties would include, offering plant advice and assisting customers. EPOS experience helpful but full training will be provided. Plant husbandry, restocking and creating effective plant displays/merchandising. <FIND OUT MORE>

 

Please send your CV to:

Julie Mclean, Creative Landscape Co., The Big Plant Nursery, Wargrave Road, Twyford, Reading Berkshire RG10 9PN.

0118 934 1500

info@thebigplantnursery.com

Landscape Foreman

We are looking for an experienced landscape foreman.  Applicants need to be reliable, hardworking, able to lead others, complete all works to the high standards expected and meet targets set. 

Projects range across all areas of soft and hard landscaping, mainly working for domestic clients throughout the Thames Valley area.

All applicants would need to be skilled in the following:

  • Paving (all styles of paving slabs)
  • Fencing
  • Brick / block work
  • Timber decking
  • Composite decking
  • Turfing
  • Planting

Other skills required / responsibilities

  • Able to lead a team of between 3 to 7
  • Able to read and set out to scale drawings
  • Work to specifications
  • Oversee quality of other works
  • Liaise directly with clients as required
  • Confident use of power tools
  • Full driving license

Benefits

Full time: 7.30-4.30pm

Salary dependent on experience.

  • Opportunity to become part of an employee owned business and make a real difference to the company’s future.
  • Annual tax-free share of the company’s profit (terms apply)
  • 28 days holiday
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Company uniform provided
  • Training opportunities
  • Full clean driving licence

Please send your CV to:

Julie Mclean, Creative Landscape Co., The Big Plant Nursery, Wargrave Road, Twyford, Reading Berkshire RG10 9PN.

0118 934 1500

office@creative-landscape.co.uk

Skilled Hard Landscaper

We are looking for enthusiastic skilled hard landscapers with previous experience to join our team. Applicants need to be reliable, hardworking, able to work in a team and complete all works to the high standards expected and meet targets set. 

Projects range across all areas of soft and hard landscaping, mainly working for domestic clients throughout the Thames Valley area.

All applicants would need to be skilled in the following:

  • Paving (all styles of paving slabs)
  • Fencing
  • Brick / block work
  • Timber decking
  • Composite decking
  • Turfing
  • Planting
  • Other landscaping elements

Other skills required / responsibilities

  • Able to work in a team of between 3 to 7
  • Confident use of power tools
  • Full driving license

Benefits

  • Full time: 7.30-4.30pm
  • Salary of £22,500 – £27,500pa upwards depending on experience
  • Opportunity to become part of an employee owned business and make a real difference to the company’s future.
  • Annual tax-free share of the company’s profit (terms apply)
  • 28 days holiday
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Company uniform provided
  • Training opportunities
  • Full Clean Driving licence

Creative landscape company has been transforming gardens for over 30 years. We are an award winning design, build and maintenance company located in Twyford. Having become employee owned in the March of 2021, we are all on an exciting journey to realise the potential of an employee owned business. Why not join us and see what a difference being employee owned makes?

Please send your CV to:

Julie Mclean, Creative Landscape Co., The Big Plant Nursery, Wargrave Road, Twyford, Reading Berkshire RG10 9PN.

0118 934 1500

office@creative-landscape.co.uk

Please do not apply if you do not have the required skills and hard landscaping experience.